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General Program Requirements
Innovative Program Design

Managerial Tool Courses (20 Credits)

These are the basic skills of the MBA Program (Common Body of Knowledge). 
These courses provide the foundation for the specialization areas to follow.

ACG 6025 Financial Accounting for Managers 2 credits
ACG 6075 Management Accounting and Control 2 credits
QMB 6305 Managerial Decision Analysis 2 credits
QMB 6603 Operations Management and Quality Enhancement 2 credits
MAN 6055 Human Behavior and Organization    2 credits
ECP 6702 Managerial Economics   2 credits
ECO 6708 Global Economic Environment of Business  2 credits
FIN 6934 Financial Management   2 credits
ISM 6021 Management Information Systems  2 credits
MAR 6815 Marketing Management   

2 credits

   

Undergraduate Business majors who have completed their degree within the past seven years from an AACSB accredited university may be eligible to waive the tool courses.  The minimum degree requirements for such students are 37 credits.

Required Courses (10 credits)

GEB 6445 Social, Ethical, Legal Systems

MAN 6930 Foundations of Leadership

GEB 6895 Integrated Business Applications I *

GEB 6896 Integrated Business Applications II

2 credits

2 credits

3 credits

3 credits

 

* All tool courses and Business Review Skills exams (if required) must be completed with passing grades prior to enrollment in IBA I

Areas of Specialization (18 - 27 credits)

Specialization Track #1

Specialization Track #2

Specialization Track #3

9 credits

9 credits

9 credits

                             Specialization Track #1 9 credits
                             Specialization Track #2 9 credits
                             Specialization Track #3 9 credits

                                        (see listing below)

TOTAL Program Requirements 37-48 credits

Constraints

  1. The maximum credits required is forty-eight (48).  The minimum for a student with a business degree from an AACSB accredited institution within the last  seven years is thirty- seven ( 37).

  2. Students with an undergraduate degree in Business who are eligible to waive the tool area courses must complete an advanced course in four of the seven areas waived. Students do not need an advanced course in their area of undergraduate major.  Students who waive the tool courses are required to take a Business Skills Review course (non-credit) and pass the related on-line exams in the first semester of enrollment.

  3. Students who are required to take the tool courses  are required to take only two specialization tracks (18 hours).  Students who waive the tool courses are required to take 3 specialization tracks (27 credit  hours).  

    Note: Tool/core courses may not be counted as electives.

MBA Specialization Tracks include the following:

Building Sustainable Enterprise

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Advanced Financial Management

Government and Business

Health Care in a Changing Business Environment

International Business

Advanced International Business

Management

Management Information Systems

Advanced Management Information Systems

Marketing Strategy

Advanced Marketing

Supply Chain Management

Note: Some Application Tracks may not be offered each year.  Additional applications tracks may be developed based on students interests and needs.